Love comes after friendship
Written my danieheartfilia
Note: I do not own Bleach. But if you're an IchiRuki fan, why not read this right? LOL. This is my first fanfic about Bleach. Pleaseeeeeeeee, no bad comments . Just in case there are bad comments, feel free to PM .
"Do you remember the first time we met each other? We were in high school and we were even seatmates, right Ichigo?", Rukia said. Ichigo smiled and said, "Yes, I remember and I'm lucky that I'm in love with my best friend.".
CHAPTER ONE: A BOX OF COOKIES
Flashback:
It was first day of school. Rukia and Ichigo were seatmates and they barely talk to each other. But one day, Ichigo got curious who was the black-haired girl seating beside him. He said, "Ahmm, I'm Kurosaki Ichigo. Nice to meet you, classmate, I mean seatmate, whatever your name is.". Rukia replied, "Please, I'm Kuchiki. Kuchiki Rukia. Hajimemashite."
Ichigo was not the type of person who prefers to talk to his seatmates especially girls. But the other day, they were having a seatwork in Algebra. "Hmm, You're so quiet aren't you?", Rukia said while poking Ichigo's shoulder. Ichigo got annoyed so he shouted out loud, "What's your problem? I'm busy!". Their classmates glanced at them and started whispering to each other. Rukia just nodded as a sign of sorry. She felt upset.
When the classes were over, Rukia decided to give something to Ichigo as a sign of peace and sorry. So she ran on her way home, opened the door, running to the kitchen. She grabbed some ingredients to make cookies. "I hope this will make Ichigo happy. I got to do my best!", Rukia said to herself. So there she was on the kitchen to finish a dozen of cookies to give to Ichigo the next day.
The next day, the classes were over and Rukia felt so excited. "Ichiiiiiiiiiiiiigo!", she shouted as she ran to Ichigo. Ichigo just looked at her and said "What?". Rukia was nervous yet excited. She doesn't know what to say. She just stood there. "You know what? You're wasting my time. I guess you should go home.", the annoyed boy said and started walking away. Rukia felt upset. She looked on the sky and saw dark clouds and later on, a raindrop fell on her eye. She ran as the rain started to pour down heavily, "I need to give him these!", Rukia said to herself. It became muddy because of the sudden heavy rain. It was so muddy that she slipped that caused a loud sound. Ichigo heard the sound. Rukia fell on her knees as she cry. Ichigo ran to her and saw the note on the wet box that says, "Gomen Ichigo. Gomen. (with a smiley beneath it)….*then he saw* P.S Can we be friends from now on?". Ichigo looked at Rukia and said, "Yes why not? Hey, ahmm, look I'm sorry about the other day okay? I get pissed off so easily these days. Gomen. ". Ichigo grabbed his umbrella and accompanied Rukia to her home.
Days passed by, Rukia and Ichigo became best of friends. They go to school together, they have lunch together and they even go home together. But secretly, they were falling for each other.
After a year..
"Ichigo! Ichigo!", Rukia shouted. Ichigo ran to her and asked why was she calling him. "Ichigo! I made it to section 1!...", she said as she catches her breath. "How about you?". Ichigo smiled at her and said "I'm so happy for you. But I only made it in section 3.".
They were separated from each other and they miss each other. The place that used to be their meeting place during lunch time was left empty. Every day, both of them find their ways to meet and see each other.
One day, Ichigo decided to visit Rukia to spend time with her since it was Saturday. Ichigo even bought a gift for her.
*sound of door bell* "Coming!", Rukia shouted. She was wondering who that was so she ran on her way to the door. On the door, an orange-haired man was standing. "Ichigo? What a surprise!...", Rukia said… "Come in!". "Rukia for you…", Ichigo said while handling the gift he bought. It was a lion stuff toy, "..Its name is Kon. I hope you'll like it.", Ichigo added. He looked around and saw an orange-haired girl sitting on the sofa so he asked Rukia, "Ahmm, Who's that girl, Rukia?".
"Ahh, she's on our section. Her name is Orihime.", Rukia answered. Ichigo raised his hands and said "Nice to meet you Orihime, my name is Kurosaki Ichigo." Orihime raised her hands to shake hands with Ichigo. "Nice to meet you Kurosaki-san! My name is Inoue Orihime."
Orihime felt some stirring of feelings within her. She might have fell in love with Ichigo. After hanging out at the Kuchiki's residence, Orihime and Ichigo head home together. "So Ichigo, you and Rukia are best friends right?", Orihime said to Ichigo. "Why yes. Rukia might be a midget but she has a heart of a giant. *a heart that I wish was mine*", Ichigo answered. Orihime wanted to get along with Ichigo. It was a long way home so they had a long chat until, "Ichigo, I gotta go now. Uhmm, can we go to the park tomorrow? I'm curious about your personality and I want to know you more. Onegai..", Orihime said. Ichigo just nodded and said, "Why not? Sure. Anything for Rukia's friend".
Orihime had a chat with Rukia through their mobile phone. They talked about the orange-haired man Orihime saw a while ago. "So, you have a crush on Ichigo right?", Rukia said. "Uhmm, I'm shy but *blushes* Yes. Actually we're going to the park tomorrow.", Orihime replied with her soft voice. Rukia, instead of feeling down, she laughed… "A crush on Ichigo? You gotta be kidding me.", … but anyway, "Good night Orihime. I'm tired already. Good luck with the date. Ja.", she said.
The next day, Orihime went to the park. She started looking for a man with orange hair. "Ya Orihime. Let's go for a walk.", Ichigo said. Orihime was shocked and wondered where he came from and said "I'm going to treat you ice cream" and stared blushing.
And so, they started walking and as well as talking. But the only word that came out of Ichigo's mouth was Rukia.
Up next, CHAPTER TWO: A DRINK TOGETHER.
The cookies was already wet, but in Ichigo's mind, " Those cookies taste good. I know it, because it came from your heart."
Rukia might be a midget, but she has a heart of a giant. A heart that I wish was mine. -Ichigo